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This preserves the recipient’s dignity.
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JSTOR Daily, 27 Oct. 2025
Past recipients include more than 30 Oscar nominees and winners, including Octavia Spencer, Brie Larson and Timothée Chalamet.
—Jenelle Riley, Variety, 27 Oct. 2025
About one-third of SSI recipients also get Social Security benefits.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
The film’s director, Lee Sang-il, is one of two recipients of the festival’s Kurosawa Akira Award, along with Chloe Zhao.
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2025
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JSTOR Daily, 27 Oct. 2025
Past recipients include more than 30 Oscar nominees and winners, including Octavia Spencer, Brie Larson and Timothée Chalamet.
—Jenelle Riley, Variety, 27 Oct. 2025
About one-third of SSI recipients also get Social Security benefits.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
The film’s director, Lee Sang-il, is one of two recipients of the festival’s Kurosawa Akira Award, along with Chloe Zhao.
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2025
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“Recipient.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recipient. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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recipient
noun
re·cip·i·ent
ri-ˈsip-ē-ənt 
: one that receives
the recipient of many honors
recipient
adjective
Medical Definition
recipient
noun
re·cip·i·ent
ri-ˈsip-ē-ənt
: an individual who receives biological material (as blood or an organ) from a donor
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